Shock-compressor



E B W E N W H v SHOCK COMPRESSOR.

Patented Apr. 17, 18 94.

TATES- O'C-KFO0M PR asset.

srnczrroa'rrou forming pe/rtof Letters Patent Nb; 518,350, dataa n 1.7,rat-54;, Application filed 1m 18, 1894, Serial in. 497, 14. um

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA WALTER NEW? BERRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lane, in the county of Franklin and State ofKansas;have invented certain new and use f ul Improvein outs inShock-Compressors; and

I do declare theifollowin-g to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,

. and to the letters of reference marked there- 'facture, theshockerscan be repeatedly used.

from year'to year. In my invention, I employa metallicrod with lateralprojectingvarms-with their ends bent, which is thrust into theshock, awire, with a series of links secnred'to one end, is placed over a hookedprojection of the aforesaid rod, and by means of a handbook, the wire ispassed around the ishock,and -the wire drawn, to compress the 'shock,and-;t he hooked end of the wire is secured into any notch to. hold theshock'in a compressed statorv 'My invention.'cons1sts further in thenovelconstruction-and adaptation of the parts as will be hereinafitermore fully described and then specifically. defined in the appendedclaim. 2

I clearly illustrate my invention in the an-- nexed drawingawhich form apart of this specification, and inwhich like letters of refence indicatelike parts throughout the several views, in'lwhich-+.-

Figure 1, represents a perspective view of a shock of ,boumltby myadjustable shocking.dpviee.-s Fig.3; is a detail view of tallic rod ofany convenient length, having the rodwh-ichentersthe shock; Fig. 3 adetail of the wire and'links of ,the binding strip, and Fig. 4 aview in!the hand hook for tightening the'wire. I

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A,represents a. me-

two lateral projecting arms-B, their free ends bent, as at b, b, soasto' bdparallel'With the rod A, to'more securely hold the ,rod;against, a lateral pressure, and theend C 'is" bent to. formahook. "j fI D is a wire several feet in length, provided at one end as at E with ahook e, its other endjoined-toa seriesof links RF, and G is a hand hookfor tightening the wire about the shock.

vThe application ofr my compressor is as fol- I lows :first the bar orrod A is thrust into the shock so that the downwardly inclined ends b ofthe lateral arms B, will engage with the grain to be shocked, and.prevent the rod from turning about; the endof the wire, carrying. thehook e is hooked into the hand hook G, the linkend of the wire loopedover the bent end 0 of the rod A, the wire passed around the shock, andwhen the shock is suf-' ficiently compressed, the hook e. is caught intoany convenient link, and the I shock is.

held in a compressedcondition until the wire is removed, 1

'The'wire compressors present great advantages over cords which areordinarily used for the purpose of binding, and which are apt to wear'and break. I I I Having thus degcribed my invention, what I claim to benew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a shook compressor 'as described, the combination of a metallic rodhavinglateral extending arms with bent ends 1) parallel with-'- the rodA for engagement with a shock of a grain, and a wire composed of onelong piece,

and a series of links, of a hook carried by the end-of the long part ofthe binding wire, the link end of the binding strip adapted to be loopedover a hooked portion C, the said hindving-wire to be passed around theshock, by

means of a hand hook, and the hook e engaged-in a link portion of thebinding strip, substantially as shown'and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EZRA WALTER N W RRY. Witnessesi 8. JAMES J. MOCABE, q. RQONN-

